Atlantic Sun
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| Atlantic Sun Conference | |
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| Established | 1978 |
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| Commissioner | Bill Bibb |
| Members | 11 |
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| Headquarters | Macon, Georgia |
| Website | Atlantic Sun |
The Atlantic Sun Conference was founded on September 19, 1978 as the Trans-America Athletic Conference (TAAC). It received its current name in June 2001
The conference office is currently located in Macon, Georgia. Prior to this, the office was in Athens, Georgia, from 1983 to 1992, and before that, Shreveport, Louisiana.
Bill Bibb is Commissioner, and has been since October of 1991.
In 2005, Georgia State left the conference for the CAA, UCF left for Conference USA, and Troy left for the Sun Belt. The Atlantic Sun replaced them with East Tennessee State from the Southern Conference, and Kennesaw State and North Florida from the Peach Belt Conference (Division II). In 2006, Florida Atlantic departed for the Sun Belt Conference. Florida Gulf Coast University and University of South Carolina Upstate were accepted to the conference, joined for play in 2007-08. In 2008, Gardner-Webb left for the Big South.
Mercer is the only charter member still in the conference.
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Current Members
A-Sun Member Map
Former Members
- Arkansas Little Rock
- Centenary
- Central Florida
- College of Charleston
- Florida Atlantic
- Florida International
- Gardner-Webb
- Georgia Southern
- Georgia State
- Hardin-Simmons
- Houston Baptist
- Jacksonville State
- Louisiana Monroe
- Nicholls State
- Northwestern State
- Oklahoma City
- Samford
- Southeastern Louisiana
- Texas Pan American
- Texas San Antonio
- Troy
Atlantic Sun Fight Songs
Belmont
Campbell Campbell Fight Song
East Tennessee State ETSU Fight Song
Florida Gulf Coast
Jacksonville JU Dolphin Fight Song
Kennesaw State
Lipscomb
Mercer Hail to Mercer
North Florida
Stetson Stetson Fight Song
South Carolina Upstate
Related Links
| Atlantic Sun Conference Belmont • Campbell • East Tennessee State • Florida Gulf Coast • Jacksonville Kennesaw State • Lipscomb • Mercer • Stetson • North Florida • USC Upstate |
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